New Titles at the Asian Pacific Resource Center - 2017

A few favorite books from the Asian Pacific Resource Center.

List created by the Linda Fernandes, Asian Pacific Resource Center Librarian (April 2017).

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Eating in Korean America: Gastronomic Ethnography of Authenticity

Korean food has gone global. How is Korean food in Seoul different from Korean food in Iowa City, LA, Hawaii, or Baltimore? What happens when a nation's gastronomy travels beyond its borders?

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong is an American poet born in Saigon. Night Sky with Exit Wounds, was the winner of a 2016 Whiting Award, the New York Times ten best books of 2016 and numerous other awards.

A Village in the Fields

Patty Entrado's debut novel. Fausto Empleo, a retired farmworker --the last of the first wave of Filipino immigrants to come to the United States -- looks back on his life of struggle and sacrifice. Shortlisted for the 2016 Saroyan Prize for fiction.

The Sympathizer

Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A spy novel set around the war in Vietnam with a spy who sympathizes with the suffering in both the South and the North.

Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties

Ishizuka brings together stories by Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino Americans-- over 120 people -- who were involved with the Asian American Civil Rights movement of the 1950's, 60's and 70's.

The Natives are Restless: A San Francisco Dance Master Takes Hula into the Twenty-First Century

The history of Hawaiian Hula and the story of the San Francisco based Na Lei Hulu under the direction of dance master Patrick Makuakane.

Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing

Comedy, tragedy, and family drama come together in this debut novel by Mira Jacob about an immigrant family from India living in New Mexico.